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The first things that catch your eye at Portia's in Oakland Park are a pig doll dressed as a Southern belle and a foot-and-a-half tall porcelain pig chef holding various vegetables. The porcine greeters – a tribute to a family pet named Portia – set the tone for this highly stylized, vintage Southern restaurant owned by chef Greg Bainbridge, Ken Kelley and Lloyd Pagels. (Kelley and Pagels also own the nearby bars Scandals Saloon and the Stable.) The eye-catching decor also features copper-colored ceiling tiles and colorful, low-hanging Tiffany lamps that give the restaurant the right amount of glow. These beautiful lamps even hang over the urinals in the men's...

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Tony Award winner Idina Menzel will sing "Let It Go," written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for Disney's animated musical "Frozen." The number is nominated for original song, and the film is nominated for animated feature.

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The first things that catch your eye at Portia's in Oakland Park are a pig doll dressed as a Southern belle and a foot-and-a-half tall porcelain pig chef holding various vegetables. The porcine greeters – a tribute to a family pet named Portia – set the...

There's something awfully good about "Wicked." The numbers tell part of the tale.
Since opening in 2003 on Broadway, where it still packs them in, the musical prequel to "The Wizard of Oz" has moved with cyclonic force across the...

ANAHEIM, Calif. After the success of Disney's 2013 movie "Frozen" and its introduction of Arendelle sisters Elsa and Anna, it's largely forgotten that an early trailer for the movie didn't even show Elsa and Anna; it was all about Olaf the...

Doesn't look as though Kristen Bell is balking at the notion of "Frozen 2."
"Dreams really do come 2!!! #FROZEN2 #itsofficial," the voice of the original film's Anna tweeted Thursday along with a picture of herself...

Another Oscars, another viral John Travolta moment. But unintentional it was not: The "Pulp Fiction" star's manhandling of singer Idina Menzel's face was indeed planned, even if it didn't come off that way.
The 61-year-old star's latest misstep...

Scarlett Johansson is defendng John Travolta's impromptu kiss on the Oscars red carpet Sunday.
Settle down, folks. "The Avengers" star said there was nothing strange about the encounter — though many social media users (and anyone...

“Where do you get the Champagne? Oh! It's over there!” actress Jane Seymour said as she passed through a circle of fans and photographers snapping photos.
It's a rare thing to find an entertaining event with a laid-back and relaxed vibe, all benefiting a...

In the old days — say, five or six years ago — an Oscar party used to mean gathering with some friends around a TV and watching the show together with a bowl of chips and a few bottles of wine.
This Sunday, though, when millions around the world tune...

The day after the Oscars last year, the show's producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron received a call from John Travolta apologizing for fumbling the name of singer Idina Menzel. Travolta's mispronunciation — Adele Dazeem — had become a trending topic on...

The Los Angeles premieres of the Broadway hit "If/Then" and the Tony Award-winning "Beautiful — The Carole King Musical" anchor the Pantages Theatre's 2015-16 season, organizers announced Monday.
The theater also will mark...

Here's the best news we've heard about the Oscar telecast since it was announced that Neil Patrick Harris will host: Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson will sing.
The Oscar telecast will be Feb. 22 on ABC.
Hudson came to the public's attention on...

On her 2014 tour, Katy Perry cavorted with an animatronic horse. But because the Super Bowl demands more, she upped the ante during Sunday's halftime performance.
The singer strutted into America's living rooms astride a giant animatronic tiger, all...

Queen Elsa has a cold.
That makes things tricky for her, Kristoff, Sven and Olaf in "Frozen Fever," Disney's short-film follow-up to the blockbuster animated movie "Frozen." On Tuesday, the studio unveiled a first look at the...

Broadway and movie star Idina Menzel will perform the national anthem at Super Bowl XLIX, the actress announced Friday.
Menzel, best known for her roles as Elphaba in the musical “Wicked” and the voice of Elsa in Disney's “Frozen,” said one of her...

The latest edition of "Saturday Night Live" was a night of missed opportunities, considering everything that has been going on in the world.
The NBC took its sharpest jabs at Justin Bieber. Kate McKinnon mugged, with daffy precision, as...

"Frozen" star Idina Menzel will sing the national anthem before the Super Bowl kicks off next month.
The NFL announced Friday that John Legend will perform "America the Beautiful" before the Super Bowl on Feb. 1 at the University of...

Here's some news that should warm the hearts of "Frozen" fanatics: "Frozen Fever," Disney's animated short reuniting the cast and creators of the blockbuster musical film, will play before the studio's live-action...

Singer Idina Menzel will step away from Broadway stages and sound booths of Hollywood animation studios to undertake a global concert tour next year, starting July 7 in Richmond, Va., and culminating at the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 3.
Using the springboard...

The hubbub over hack-attacked Sony's release of "The Interview" was too big, too serious, too far-reaching to qualify for the Alewife Awards. Since 1996 these prizes, named after the stinky fish that used to wash up regularly on Chicago's...